When you want to channel the spirit of summer adventure and the Great American Frontier, we can think of no finer whiskey to drink in the summer than It's cut to proof with what we believe is the best water in the world, direct from the Rockies. It's brought down to bottling strength using Colorado Rocky Mountain water. We skiers drink a lot of whiskey—it just comes with the territory. The bottle makes no bones about the fact that the majority of this whiskey comes from MGP in Illinois, but there’s a twist here. Check out more info about TINCUP's Rye Whiskey and their other option Colorado single malt and Rocky Mountain spring water combine with high-rye bourbon to make a mountain-worthy whiskey.Combine whiskey and skiing and what do you get? Learn More: What’s the Difference Between Whiskey, Bourbon, Scotch, and Rye? The grain bill for this whiskey is listed as 64% corn, 32% rye and 4% malted barley. After multiple attempts, many tastings, I have finally recorded a semi decent review of Tincup Rye. TINCUP Rye is 90 proof. The gravel contained gold-and that gulch became known as Tin Cup.
A high rye whiskey, made with a bourbon-style profile but more powerful and spicier, the cap also works as a cup. The name TINCUP Whiskey and the cap on the bottle are both nods to this piece of Colorado history. And though we may not have the most discriminating palates out there—Homer Simpson’s credo, “If it’s brown, drink it down,” pretty much sums it up—we do know some of the stuff just doesn’t go down that easy.This is especially true when it comes to rye, which is like whiskey 2.0 owing to its spice and kick.
It is said it is crafted to “honor the original rye recipes that were enjoyed by settlers and miners in Gunnison County.”This county holds the namesake community of this whiskey, a mining town founded there in 1879 where, reportedly, “following a day within the depths of the mines, the resident workers of Tin Cup would often watch the sun go down with rye whiskey in hand.”The whiskey is bottled at 45% ABV and is available nationwide for a price of around $30 per 750 ml bottle.I found TinCup Rye Whiskey to be very smooth, almost buttery, and not overpowering on spice.
But Colorado’s While bourbon is made mostly with corn, which makes it sweeter and generally easier to drink, rye whiskey is made with—surprise!—mostly rye grain. To us, that sounds worthy of a toast.
The whiskey gets its powerful flavor from a mash profile very high in rye, a choice Graber made because he felt most American Whiskey was too mellow. Pour into any glass and add 4 oz of ginger beer Like the legendary raconteur himself, it’s bound to be an instant classic born from the West. I recommend this one as it would be good to mix and good to drink on it's own. AMERICAN WHISKEY CUT with Rocky Mountain water. Learn more at BarrellBourbon.com. Squeeze in 1 lime and mix.
Tincup American Whiskey is the brainchild of Colorado-based Jess Graber. “I think the first-ever hike I went on wasn’t until I was 22 and living in Jackson, Wyoming.” He developed his love of photography, though, while in high school shooting for the newspaper.After about 10 years of neglecting his passion, he jumped back in, mostly while developing his main outdoor passion, canyoneering.“My favorite ones are the canyons that you have to drive 50 miles down a dirt road, unchaining yourself from being in ‘service’ and instead of being present,” he said.“You get to let your mind wander to the fact that each foot you’re descending through a slot canyon is like descending through time. It’s straight rye aged for 3 years and cut down to a 90-proof with pure Rocky Mountain water.The golden-hued spirit boasts notes of vanilla and tobacco while offering a spicy but smooth taste and finishes with a silky caramel flavor.It’s founder Jess Graber’s third creation at Tincup. He was more attracted to the manicured greens that come with golfing.“Growing up, my idea of ‘getting in nature’ was going golfing,” he said. The rye iteration is the third in TINCUP’s quiver, with a straight-up American whiskey O.G. It is said it is crafted to “honor the original rye recipes that were enjoyed by settlers and miners in Gunnison County.” Graber encourages sippers new and old to “savor this refreshing cocktail and let it take you on a well-needed mental vacation to the simple days of mountain living, where adventure and good whiskey reigned.” Prohibition-style whiskey plus ginger beer equals good times.